Remote control device



Aug. 14, 1951 G. M. HOLLEY, JR

REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed NOVK. 18. 1946 2% VS M r/ NW w. Ww b1 \\\\\\1A A 1 5y. 1||||||H MM' L n l N Nk a 1 N G HN Figgfl Re y ma m E l WH m L 9 4 All@ 14, 1951 G. M. HOLLEY, JR 2,564,108

REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE Filed Nov. 18, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 aff / 55 CoNTRoLLED ELEMENT gi fl J5 f@ gery IZeLycIZ INVENTOR.

BY Z

Patented Aug. 14, 1951 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE George M. Holley, Jr., Grosse Pointe, Mich., assignor to George M. Holley and Earl Holley i Application November 18, 1946, Serial No. 710,559

2 Claims. (Cl. 60-52) This invention relates to a fluid pressure, remote control system.

The object of this invention is to arrange for a manually controlled valve to control hydraulically an element some distance away whereby the movement of the valve is followed almost instantaneously by the movement of the element to be controlled.

Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the preferred form of my invention.

Fig. 2 shows the simplified form of my invention.

In Fig. 1, III is the manually operated element including a cam, is a valve and a valve head engaging with the cam, I2 is a spring causing the head of the valve to engage with the cam, I3 is an oil passage under pressure discharging oil past the valve to a passage 4, which discharges into a reservoir I 5 through the passage 4|), I6 is a fluid pump supplied with fluid from the reservoir I5 through a passage 42 and having a constant pressure relief valve I1, so that the oil in the outlet passage I8 is at a constant pressure. A restriction I9 delivers the oil under pressure to a manifold, which is provided with two identical restrictions 2| land 22. The restriction 22 delivers oil to the passage |3 and to the chamber 23, located tothe left of the diaphragm 25, and the chamber 24, to the right of diaphragm 25, is connected through the restriction 2|. Chambers 23 and 24 are thus separated by the diaphragm 25. The servomotor valve 26 is moved by the diaphragm 25 and is supplied with oil under pressure from passage 21 communicating with the chamber I8. When the diaphragm 25 moves to the right, servomotor Valve 26 moves to the right, the passage 21 is put into communication with passage 29; when the diaphragm 25 moves to the left, passage 21 communicates with the passage 28. Valve 3|) is connected to a piston 3| in the cylinder 32. The valve 30 controls the connection from the chamber 24 back through the passage 33 to the reservoir I5. Valve 34 and 35 each provide an adjustable bypass, the valve 34 regulates the leak around the valve I I and the valve 35 regulates the leak around the valve 30.

The low-pressure oil escapes from the cylinder 32 through the passage 28 when the valve 26 is moved to the right and the piston 3| is thereupon pushed to the left by means of the pressure transmitted through the pipe 29 to the right hand end of the cylinder 32. 'Ihe low pressure oil escapes through the passage 50 to the reservoir I5.

A chamber 48, above the valve I1, contains a spring which loads the valve I1. The fuel escaping past the valve I1 flows down the passage 46, through the passage 52, into the reservoir I5. The pressure downstream from the valve I1 is communicated with the chamber 48 above the valve I1.

In Fig. 2 the servomotor valve 26 has been eliminated and the number has been applied to the controlled element. The other parts are numbered as in Fig. 1 and have the same function.

Gperaton When the valve moves to the left under the iniluence of spring I2, the valve I I opens and the pressure in the chambers I3 and 23 falls. When cam IU is rotated anti-clockwise the servomotor valve 26 is moved to the left. Oil under pressure in pipe 21 iiows down pipe 23 and piston 3| is pushed to the right. Valve 30 moves to the right, 4pressure in chamber 24 falls to equal the pressure in chamber 23. and the servomotor valve 26 is restored to the position of normal equilibrium, that is, the neutral position in which it is shown.

Hence, the piston 3| may be located at a considerable distance away from the cam I0. Moreover the force exerted by the piston 3| is determined by the pressure of the pump I6 and the area of the piston 3|. Hence, a small force at the face of the cam I0 becomes a greater force on the piston 3 With my invention there is one. and only one, position for the valve 30 and the piston rod 55 connected to piston 3|, which is the controlled element, for each position of the manually operated element I0 and valve The piston 3| and its rod 55 which is the controlled element, follows exactly and promptly every change in the position of the controlling element I0 and valve II.

Fig. 2 operates in the same manner as Fig. 1 except that the pressure is applied direct to the moving wall 3| without the intervention of a servomotor valve.

What I claim is:

1. A remote control device comprising a source of fluid under pressure, a servomotor valve, a first moving wall connected to said valve, a second moving wall controlled by said valve, a chamber on each side of said second moving wall, the application of said fluid under pressure to either one side or the other of said second moving wall being selected by said servomotor valve, a third chamber located on one side of said first moving wall, a restricted passage from the source of fluid pressure to said third chamber, a fourth chamber which acts as a low pressure receiving chamber. a manually and positively controlled valve for controlling the flow of fluid out of said third chamber into said fourth chamber, a fth chamber located on the other side of said first moving wall, a restricted passage from the source of fluid pressure to said fifth chamber, an automatically controlled valve positively connected to said second moving wall for controlling the flow of uid out of said fifth chamber into said fourth chamber whereby the motion of the manually controlled valve controls the motion of the automatically controlled valve through said servomotor valve.

2. A remote controlled device of the hydraulic type having manually and positively operated means comprising an overflow chamber for the hydraulic liquid, a pump for said liquid, driving means for said pump, a first return passage from said pump to said chamber, an operating valve remote from the controlled element, said valve being manually and positively controlled andl located so as to control the return of the liquid 25 l to move said moving wall and said controlled element in one direction, a second return passage. a second valve therein positively connected to said controlled element and designed so as to close as the controlled element moves in said direction and thus raise the pressure upstream of said second valve, the pressure upstream of said second valve being applied to said moving wall so as to open said second valve and to move the controlled element in the opposite direction to the movement responsive to the pressure upstream of said manually operated valve.

GEORGE M. HOLLEY, JR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 

